NFL Football Betting: Buffalo Bills at New York Giants

The two teams that everyone labeled foolish for taking a quarterback way too high in the last two drafts will face off on Sunday when the New York Giants host the Buffalo Bills. Almost everyone lampooned the Bills last year when they selected Josh Allen with the 7th overall pick, and the Giants were the butt of the joke this year when they took Daniel Jones at the 6th spot. Each quarterback is out to prove the doubters wrong, but only Allen is likely to be on the field this weekend.

BUFFALO BILLS AT NEW YORK GIANTS
LINE: BILLS -2
TOTAL: 44.5

The NFL betting odds on this game have moved more than almost any other tilt in Week 2. Oddsmakers initially had the Giants as a 2.5-point favorite on Sunday, but it quickly moved to make the Bills a short road favorite. There has been movement on the total too with the over/under rising two points since it opened.

INJURY REPORT

Buffalo won’t have cornerback Taron Johnson due to a hamstring injury, and wide receiver Andre Roberts will miss this game with a quad issue. Tight end Tyler Kroft and linebacker Tyrel Dodson are both questionable.

Eli Manning will be without some of his top targets for this game. Wide receivers Sterling Shepard and Darius Slayton have already been ruled out, and Cody Latimer is a game-time decision. Tight end Garrett Dickerson is out too, and linebacker Kareem Martin was put on IR with a knee injury.

WHEN BUFFALO IS ON OFFENSE

It took almost three quarters for Buffalo’s offense to get going in its season opener. The Bills were down 16-0 to the Jets before Steven Hauschka knocked in a 43-yard field goal that sparked a Buffalo rally.

Josh Allen turned the ball over four times in the first half, and he must do a better job of protecting the football against the Giants. Allen threw two interceptions and fumbled twice, but the Jets were only able to post six points off those miscues. The quarterback averaged 6.4 yards per pass which is good considering what he did last year.

Rookie Devin Singletary flashed in limited action, carrying the ball four times for 70 yards. He is going to have a bigger role in the offense this week after Frank Gore averaged less than two yards per carry in the opener, and Singletary is a weapon for Allen as a receiver out of the backfield.

The Bills have adjusted their offense to make Allen more comfortable, and they are allowing him to run more. He carried the ball 10 times for 38 yards and a touchdown, showcasing his wheels as a running threat. That helped Allen put up big numbers down the stretch last year, but the Giants defense is sure to crowd the line and force Allen to prove he can beat them through the air. With that in mind, betting on the turnover-prone Allen to throw an interception in NFL prop betting may be worth a play.

WHEN NEW YORK IS ON OFFENSE

There is a serious dearth of talent at wide receiver for the Giants. Latimer and Shepard were the two most targeted wide receivers last week, and with both receivers banged up the team might want to highlight tight end Evan Engram even more.

Engram was targeted 14 times in Week 1, and he hauled in 11 receptions for 116 yards and a touchdown. He is likely to be the most targeted player, so his NFL player props are potentially very profitable.

The Giants will want to get Saquon Barkley involved in the passing game a lot more too. Barkley was the favorite to win the NFL’s all-purpose yards crown at the start of the season, and he had a big day on the ground, carrying the ball 11 times for 120 yards against Dallas in Week 1. However, the Cowboys made an emphasis to spy him in the passing game, so Barkley could only muster 19 receiving yards on six targets.

Buffalo is likely to mirror the same concepts Dallas used, and the Bills have the personnel to do it . The Bills have some elite playmakers at the next level, and those guys can focus in on Barkley.

PREDICTION

The best play on the board is the ‘under’. It’s hard to trust Josh Allen on the road, and the Giants are bereft of their playmakers. Points will be hard to come by on Sunday.

Get the latest NFL football odds and information–follow BetOnline.ag on Twitter!

BetOnline.ag on Instagram–Follow for the latest odds, stats and information!